script to uninstall Foxit PDF Editor and Foxit PhantomPDF

import os

from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

import ctypes

import _winreg

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class disable_file_system_redirection:

    _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection

    _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection

    def __enter__(self):

        self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()

        self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))

    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):

        if self.success:

            self._revert(self.old_value)

​

def ecmd(command,name):   

    with disable_file_system_redirection():

        obj = Popen(command, shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)

    out, err = obj.communicate()

    ret=obj.returncode

    if ret==0:

        print("successfully uninstalled the %s"%(name))

        if out:

            print(out.strip())

        else:

            print(ret)

    else:

        if err:

            print("an error occurred: %s"%(err.strip()))

        else:

            print("something went wrong. returncode: %s"%(ret))

li=[]

​

def collectprograms(rtkey,pK,kA):

    try:      

        oK=_winreg.OpenKey(rtkey,pK,0,kA)

        i=0

        while True:

          try:

           bkey=_winreg.EnumKey(oK,i)

           vkey=os.path.join(pK,bkey)

           oK1=_winreg.OpenKey(rtkey,vkey,0,kA)

           try:

            DN,bla=_winreg.QueryValueEx(oK1,'DisplayName')

            DV,bla=_winreg.QueryValueEx(oK1,'UninstallString')

            li.append([DN.strip(),DV.strip()])

           except:

            pass

           i+=1

          except:

           break

    except:

        pass

    _winreg.CloseKey(oK)

    return li

​

def programsinstalled():

    uninstallkey='SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall'

    if 'PROGRAMFILES(X86)' in os.environ.keys():

        rklist=[(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_WOW64_32KEY | _winreg.KEY_READ),

        (_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_WOW64_64KEY | _winreg.KEY_READ),

        (_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_WOW64_32KEY | _winreg.KEY_READ),

        (_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_WOW64_64KEY | _winreg.KEY_READ)]

    else:

        rklist=[(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_READ),

        (_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,uninstallkey,_winreg.KEY_READ)]

    for i in rklist:

        col=collectprograms(i[0], i[1], i[2])

    return col

​

with disable_file_system_redirection():

    k=programsinstalled()

    arguments = ["/qn", "/quiet"]

    for name, ustring in k:

        if "Foxit PDF Editor" in name:

            if "msi" in ustring:

                ecmd('%s %s'%(ustring, arguments[0]), name)

            else:

                ecmd('%s %s'%(ustring, arguments[1]), name)

        if "Foxit PhantomPDF" in name:

            if "msi" in ustring:

                ecmd('%s %s'%(ustring, arguments[0]), name)

            else:

                ecmd('%s %s'%(ustring, arguments[1]), name)